3 Chestnut Road, Rochester, ME2 2LH

3 Chestnut Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Rochester (ME2 2LH). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 47 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (47–94 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £160,000 is 18.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£267/sq ft) was about 65.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £135,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.